Monthly Archives: January 2012

Making a Fuss

29 January 2012

Mr seems to get a little bit uncomfortable when much ado is made about him. This is hard for me, because he is one of my favorite people to make much ado over. Especially at times of year like this (his birthday was on Thursday), I grapple with my urges to try and lasso the [...]

“I’ll Have the Regular, Please”

23 January 2012

Let’s play a game, shall we? The Funky Kitchen has opened up a deli/sandwich shoppe. (Wouldn’t that be fun?) Say you were one of my regular customers, someone who could come in and say, “Hi Dana, I’ll have the regular please,” and I would be able to tell what it was. What would your regular [...]

Getting Recipes Written Down

18 January 2012

One day, not too long ago, I got to spend the morning and afternoon with my Baba, making pounchki. She hadn’t made them in a number of years, but when I asked if we could make some, she was only too happy to oblige. Food can ingrain some very detailed memories, and pounchki do that [...]